Indlela i-Guardian Angel yakho ebakhona ngayo ngexesha lokufa
Njengokuba inkathalo ingelosi yethu ebomini inomdla wokusizuzela ukufa okuxabisekileyo {44 [130]}, ngokuya ikusondela kangange yure, kokukhona ephinda-phinda ukulinda kwakhe ukuze aphumelele.
Uzama ukulungisa umphefumlo wakhe awuthandayo ngexesha lelo nyathelo likhulu. Kwaye kukujongwa rhoqo, ngakumbi kwimiphefumlo elawulwa kakuhle, nakwizwi leNgelosi ethe-ethe ngakumbi, enesothuso esithile, nanjengokuqiniseka ngokufa kwabo okufuphi; Ukusuka apho ke bazibona bekwindawo yokubaleka enkulu kwaye benomdla omkhulu kwimisebenzi yobuKrestu kunye neyokuhlonela uThixo, ukuze babugqibe ubomi babo ngcono.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo isiphumo sempikiswano yeempikiswano eziyimfihlo ze- s. Ingelosi. Kuyinyani ukuba imiphefumlo ethile ethandwayo ngamanye amaxesha ifunde ngokucacileyo kuye, kodwa ngelixesha lifutshane lishiyekileyo kubo, bonyuse ubuncwane babo bemisebenzi emihle ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
Uyakufa ngomhla wokuqala wonyaka, utshilo uNgelosi kuSt. UMarcello Abbot; Uyakufa ngomhla wokuqala kwinyanga yoKwindla, isithunywa sathi nakwiNkosana uDavid wasebukhosini [45 [131]} waseNgilane; Ukusuka apha ukuya kunyaka ndiza kuza ndikukhokelele kuzuko kunye nam, ke kwakhona iNgelosi iya s. Ubertà. Kodwa kuyinyani ukuba ngeendlela ezingacacanga akahlali esilela ngokulindela ngazwi langaphakathi umphefumlo awunikwe ngenkathalo, nokuba uyafuna ukukuva, nangona ngoku ethe cwaka kwaye ngoku ebonakalisiwe. Kwaye ucinga ukuba, kuthetha enye, ukuhlala uhlala? Ukuba uza kufa kungekudala? Ndeva umntu esitsho entliziyweni yakhe ukuba uzokona, kwaye ezinikezela kwisohlwayo esikhulu walungisa ngexesha elincinci elincinci eliseleyo ebomini bakhe. Hayi lusizi! ngoku uya kufa, kwavakala ngokucacileyo ngaphakathi komnye wobomi obufanayo, kwaye kulungile kuye, owaphendula kwangoko kweso saziso; kamsinya nje akuba evumile, wagqiba ubomi. Ke ezesibini yayizizaziso zengelosi, rhoqo rhoqo ngekhe zibone ukufa okuninzi okungonwabisiyo!
Kodwa ekubandezelekeni kokugqibela uzibonakalisa ngakumbi kunangaphambili njengomkhuseli onamandla, kunye nomthuthuzeli onothando. Emva koko uchasa izithuko zesihogo, uyabuyisa uhlaselo, enze buthathaka amandla akhe; kungoko esenza ukuba umthengi wakhe azole kwaye akhuseleke phakathi kobukrakra bokufa; ngenxa yokuba azi ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na kungekuphela nje iindlela zokucaphukisa oonozakuzaku bokufa, ngoku ebonisa iimvakalelo ezimnandi zokuyeka emsebenzini; ngoku ngokuthembela kwizandla zikayise weNkosi yakhe okanye kumanxeba akhe, kunye nomnqweno odlamkileyo wokonwabela ubuhle bezulwini lasezulwini; kwaye ukuze afumane uncedo olunamandla, yena ngokwakhe uba ngumthetheleli onothando ngemithandazo yakhe kuYesu uMsindisi wemiphefumlo, nakuMariya, uMama omkhulu nomkhuseli onemfesane wabafayo. Kwaye akazivumeli ukuba ameme ezinye iingelosi kunye nabangcwele ukuba bancede, ngakumbi iSt. Michele, owongamela iintlungu, kunye no-s. UGiuseppe oya kuthi emva koko anike uncedo olulodwa; Ikwachulumancisa inzondelelo yemiphefumlo kuThixo eyamkela ngakumbi, inzondelelo yababingeleli awathi ngelo xesha wazibona yena. UFilippo Neri abe ngamagama aphakanyiswe yiNgelosi. {46 [132]} Ngaloo ndlela egqithisileyo uba njengebhalsam yasezulwini emphefumlweni wethu ngezo yure zimbalwa zobomi ezishiyekileyo kuthi, ngelixa esendleleni eya kunaphakade, Owu intuthuzelo enkulu endiyinikwa yingelosi yam elungileyo , watsho umntu ofayo, undanga ngoxolo, ndihamba naye, ndihambe, kwaye omnye uphelelwa lixesha: Hayi indlela iNgelosi elwa ngayo nabazinikeleyo! oh indlela athuthuzela ngayo! ngekhe uyibone apha! Ndifela ezandleni zakhe, wemka naye. Kwaye u-Teresa oNgcwele ekuphelisweni ngunyana wenenekazi, Ah nenenekazi, uthe, zingaphi iingelosi eziza kuthatha umphefumlo wale ngelosi incinci yomhlaba, oh onomdla ofa ngolu hlobo!
Ngcwele kwaye uyathandeka Custos wam, umhlobo othembekileyo nohlala ethembekile kwabo bakungcikiva nokukhubekisa, ukuba nje uguqukile, ndiyakucebisa, iingqondo zam zokugqibela kunye nala maxesha anomngcipheko, oya kugqiba impilo yam engapheliyo. Ndisikelelekile Mna, ukuba uyabavuyisa, kunye nesiqalo sobuhlobo obungcono nobungapheliyo phakathi kwakho nam. U-Angelo othandekayo: e-hora phuma undikhanyisele, rege et guberna.
UMSEBENZI
Yonke imihla, kusasa nangokuhlwa, yincome ngenzondelelo kwiNgelosi yakho enguMlondolozi iiyure zokugqibela zobomi bakho, kwaye uqhankqalaze ukubeka impilo yakho engunaphakade ezandleni zakhe: Kwi-manibus tuis sortes meae. Namhlanje utyelele umntu ogulayo, okanye unike into amalizo.
UMZEKELO
Phakathi kwemizekelo engenakubalwa enokuthi yenziwe ekuqinisekiseni ukhathalelo olucokisekileyo iingelosi zethu ezingabagcini bethu esinazo ekupheleni kobomi bethu, into endimxelela yona uPeter waseCluny ibonakala ikhanya kakhulu. Kubhala ukuba umfana osondela esiphelweni seentsuku zakhe ngenxa yokugula kakhulu, wavuma, kodwa ngenxa yokuba neentloni washiya ityala elithile ukuba livunywe. Ngobusuku obulandelayo {49 [135]} ingelosi yakhe enguMlondolozi, ibibuhlungu kakhulu yimeko engonwabisiyo awayekuyo umphefumlo wakhe, ngombono owoyikekayo wamazisa, ukuba akasivumi isono, athe cwaka asivuma, izulu lalingasekho kuye, kwaye wayeya kulahleka ngonaphakade. Indoda egulayo ibuyele kuye, ididekile kwaye izolile, ngokungxama yabiza umvumeli, kwaye ngeenyembezi zeinyembezi yamchazela konke oko wayethule ngaphambili ngenxa yeentloni, wamkela eyona Ngcwele ngokunyanisekileyo. I-Viaticum kunye nokunyanzeliswa okugqithisileyo, okwenza umbulelo ongapheliyo kwiNgelosi yakhe yokufundisa, wafa ngokukhawuleza phakathi kweempawu ezivulekileyo zosindiso olungunaphakade. (Lib 2 de mir. Phambi. Sever.)